{"id":833182,"date":"2026-07-29T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:25:13","slug":"bts-skips-2027-grammy-awards-submissions-rejects-new-asian-pop-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833182\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS skips 2027 Grammy Awards submissions, rejects new Asian pop category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subtitle t21\" style=\"\">In social media posts, the group argued that their songs should be judged independently of region or language.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Boy band BTS<br \/>\n        BIGHIT MUSIC\n    <\/p>\n<p>BTS will not submit any music for consideration at next year\u2019s Grammy Awards, the boy band announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided not to submit to the Grammys this year,\u201d the members wrote on their respective social media accounts. \u201cWe want music to be heard and loved for what it is, rather than categorized by region or language.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The decision appears to be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreajoongangdaily.com\/entertainment\/is-the-grammys-new-asian-pop-category-a-red-carpet-or-velvet-rope-for-bts\/12735817\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a pointed rebuke <\/a>of the Recording Academy\u2019s introduction of five new categories in June, including Best Asian Pop Music Performance. The category recognizes performances \u201coriginating from or widely recognized in Asian markets\u201d that make \u201cmeaningful use of one or more Asian languages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Recording Academy is currently accepting entries for the 69th Grammy Awards, with the online entry period running from July 7 through Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/12797810.webp\" width=\"480\" height=\"927\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n            A screen capture of an Instagram post uploaded by BTS leader RM at 2 p.m. on July 29<br \/>\n            SCREEN CAPTURE\n        <\/p>\n<p>BY SHIN HA-NEE [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In social media posts, the group argued that their songs should be judged independently of region or language.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-833182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}